gazzo10 said:
LordRsmacker said:
gazzo10 said:
Eventually our young female doctor reached the ward where the closing stages of the cardiac arrest had taken place, only to sadly witness the emergency equitpment being taken off the patient who had suffered her last breath.
Bloody hell, how long did it take her to get to the ward, or did she stop off for lunch? Surely if it's worth beeping the quacks to come and save the old girl it's worth a proper go at it? Or do they just wheel the crash kit in, give it one pop, then say, "Naah, she's croaked, sign the book".
NHS cuts eh, tsssk!
Or maybe just a dismal story?
Cynical? Moi?
Well you obviously have little hospital experience,go see some real hospitals and stop watching casualty! I work for a medical unit and medical units are spread all over a hospital, that has it's own bus service in order to get patient relatives and staff about. I admire doctors who constantly have to run from one end of the hospital to the other in order to see to a variety of cardiac arrests.(Please dont assume that doctors are waiting around on every ward for someone to have a cardiac arrest) Let me give you an example, as a nurse i sometimes have to transfer a patient on a bed from the admissions unit were i work, to a medical ward. this can take me literally 30 mins to and fro at fast pace (Porters dont piss about when they have a million other patients to see to) the hospital where i am based was once descibed as being the 4th biggest in europe. If thats the only criticism of the story I have told then I will gladly show you around its sheer size. I am constantly having to redirect not only patients but also relatives, even doctors to their destination. As for the story maybe you should be introduced to the several scientifically educated previously sceptical (one of whom a consultant) doctors on the scene. or maybe as a sceptic you should retain your criticisms before you know the full facts. (i'm a sceptic, but certainly would not blab off the moment something does not appear right with my viewpoint, otherwise i could just say einstein was full of crap the moment i read the first page!
To be honest, though, if the 'young female doctor' was in a group of people responding to the crash call, and the ones who didn't stop were the ones treating the old dear, then the female doctor must have hung around a fair while looking at the apparition, or else the rest of the crew didn't spend long trying to rescusitate her .... this would be how I interpret LordRsmacker's criticism. Irrespective of how long it took to get there, they were all together up to the point when one stopped to 'help' the ghostie, by your own account.
Still, it's a nice story. Although as crisis apparitions go it is a bit of a nonsensical one - the woman projected to distract people from saving her life by pleading for help?